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By Anne Saker, Stateline August 26, 2026 WILMINGTON, Ohio — From her recliner in her tidy townhouse, Donna Logan offers advice to the first baby boomers to hit the big ‘8-0’ this year: Life can be good, especially with someone like Helen Aponte helping with laundry and housekeeping and the drive to the doctor’s office.…

By Lauren Sausser Aug 26, 2026 Stephanie Halver underwent a breast MRI in September 2025. Her doctor recommended the preventive scan because a risk assessment showed Halver faces a higher-than-normal risk of developing breast cancer. (Kristina Barker for KFF Health News) Last year, Stephanie Halver’s primary care doctor consulted a risk assessment tool to calculate…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune August 25, 2026 Gov. Greg Abbott appointed former state Rep. Shawn Thierry, who left the Democratic party over its stance supporting gender-transition care for minors, to be a Harris County judge on Tuesday. Thierry served four terms in the Texas House as a Democrat representing a Houston district, but…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune August 25, 2026 Texas once again cannot enforce its restrictions on some public drag shows after a federal judge on Tuesday declared a 2023 law unconstitutional for the second time. U.S. District Judge David Hittner initially declared Senate Bill 12 unconstitutional in September 2023 only a few months after…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune August 25, 2026   Big Bend National Park and the surrounding area are beloved by generations of Texans. Now, efforts by the Trump administration to build a border barrier through the park have sparked bipartisan outrage, uniting ranchers, environmentalists and politicians from both sides of the aisle. Last week,…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune August 25, 2026 BROWNSVILLE — An immigration officer could be released from a South Texas jail later this week despite Minnesota’s efforts to extradite the man to face criminal charges related to a January shooting, a federal judge indicated during a Tuesday hearing. Minnesota officials last week sued to…

By Austin Current, The Texas Tribune August 26, 2026 The recent surge in water- and energy-intensive artificial intelligence data center construction has forced lawmakers across the country to find ways to protect limited local resources. Now Austin is too. As AI use has skyrocketed, so has the need for data centers to house the servers…

By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune August 26, 2026 When a shrinking church proposed to turn its property in a wealthy South Austin neighborhood into homes for lower-income families, neighboring homeowners revolted — petitioning the Austin City Council to halt the project. Neighbors complained the 64-unit development — nestled in a desirable neighborhood just a block from…

Support From 44 Members Helps Strengthen 71 Community-Based Organizations   DALLAS, TEXAS, August 25, 2026—The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and participating member financial institutions awarded more than $1.8 million to 71 community‑based organizations through its Partnership Grant Program (PGP) as the program marks its 30th anniversary. The awards were made in partnership with 44 member institutions in FHLB Dallas’ five‑state District of…

John 10: 38 “But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.” By Van Yandell The growth of non-believers in a supreme spiritual creator God is increasing. While only four to five percent of Americans claim…